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CF Industries: CF

Industrial farming, as it is, depends heavily on fertilizer. The primary pure-play competitors in the fertilizer space who reside in the US are CF Industries (CF), Mosaic (MOS), Intrepid Industries (IPI), and Nutrient (NUT). This article is for paid members…
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Chevron: CVX

Unlike the average investor, we like the oil & gas sector of the economy. As much as we would like to see a transition to more efficient energy sources, that is just not happening. All we have to do is…
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What Ails UnitedHealth? (updated)

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled by Fortune magazine. It ranks the top 500 U.S. companies by total revenue and is typically released around this time each year. The list includes both publicly traded and privately held companies.…
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Selling Volatility: SVXY

Selling volatility is a yield strategy. Volatility traders buy vol when it is cheap and sell it when it is expensive. Options market makers buy and sell options against stock as they provide liquidity to the market. That removes 80%…
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Panning for yield.

Most investors, particularly when they first start investing, are primarily concerned with capital appreciation. Parents saving for a child’s college education will only withdraw from those savings once their son or daughter begins attending. Saving for a down payment on…
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Discover Financial Services: DFS

Credit card products are the most profitable products in the financial services industry. I am also the most volatile. When the economy is chugging along, defaults are low and profits are high. When the economy goes into recession, defaults and…
October 16, 2018
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Close TLT Trade | Looks Like Bond Sell Off May Be Over For Now

The bond market has been a tricky affair the past year or so. There have been both fundamental and technical arguments that would support the bullish and bearish case. Fortunately…

October 15, 2018
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Fade the Bounce or Buy the Dip

A few weeks ago, Carter Braxton Worth put out a bearish call on Technology stocks. For those who wanted to express a bearish thesis, Carter suggested selling XLK the Technology…

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The Week Ahead | 10/15/2018

The market declined 4.1% last week.  Wednesday saw the biggest one day drop since February.  Volatility spike higher and remained high into Thursday and Friday. Will strong earnings and a…

October 11, 2018
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Investors Hit the Panic Button

Interest rates have been inching higher for a few years now. The yield on a 10-year US Treasury bond bottomed on 5-July-2016 at a rate of 1.35%. This is a…

October 9, 2018
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Now That Did Not Take Long

Last week, we presented an analysis concerning rising interest rates and the probable change in global money flows. It is fundamentally clear that the prognosticators on Wall Street do not…

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The Week Ahead | 10/08/2018

U.S. stock markets are open for trade on Monday, but bond markets are closed in observance of Columbus Day. Global Spotlight Close Encounters on the South China Sea. The U.S. and…

October 7, 2018
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What is Next for this Hot Stock? Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

On Friday, Mike took a closer look at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the silicon chip manufacturer. The company competes in a number of very tough neighborhoods. They compete with Intel…

October 4, 2018
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Are Interest Rates About to Bite?

On 11-September-2018, we changed our short-term minds on interest rates. The bond market has had us particularly concerned throughout the year. After a selloff in Q1, long-term government bonds went into a…

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A Crude Idea

It has been a while since we have discussed the price of crude oil, exploration & production companies and oil service firms. The biggest reason we have shied away from discussing…

October 2, 2018
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South Africa (EZA) | What’s Next?

We have written a number of articles and suggested a number of trades on South African stocks over the past year or s0. The trading vehicles we prefer to use…

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